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10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Lazyreporta(m): 10:18pm On Aug 14, 2018
These are the most influential people of all of human history. This means that the individuals on this list have had a significant effect on how regular people live their lives today and have had a large impact on how modern society works. The names on this list include religious figures, scientists and inventors, and some of the most important leaders in world history.

What makes an individual worthy of a spot on a list of the most influential people ever? Certainly, some of the greatest minds of all time deserve to be ranked highly. Examples include Leonardo da Vinci, Sir Isaac Newton, and certainly Albert Einstein. Each one of these incredible people used the power of their minds to change the world. Not surprisingly, several names on this list are also among the most famous role models we'd like to meet in person.

Can anyone argue that Dangote, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg aren't among the most influential people?

10. Plato
was a philosopher, as well as mathematician, in Classical Greece. He is considered an essential figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition, and he founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his teacher Socrates and his most famous student, Aristotle, Plato laid the foundations of Western philosophy and science. Alfred North White head once noted: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." Plato's dialogues have been used to teach a range of subjects, including philosophy, logic, ethics, rhet

9. Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II, to the throne at the age of twenty. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and north-east Africa, until by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to Egypt and into Northwest India. He was undefeated in battle and is considered one of history's most successful military commanders. During his youth, Alexander was tutored by the philosopher Aristotle until the age.

8. Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin, FRS was an English naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation.

7. Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei, often known mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the father of modern science". His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of the four largest satellites

6. Muhammad
Muhammad, full name Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim, from Mecca, unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam. Believed by Muslims and Bahá'ís to be a prophet and messenger of God, Muhammad is almost universally considered by Muslims as the last prophet sent by God to mankind. While non-Muslims generally regard Muhammad as the founder of Islam, Muslims consider him to have restored the unaltered original monotheistic faith of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets in Islam. Born approximately in 570 CE in the Arabian city of Mecca.

5. Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the Macedonian city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At eighteen, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven. His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy.

4. Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination".

3. Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton PRS MP was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687, laid the foundations for classical mechanics. Newton made seminal contributions to optics, and he shares credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of calculus. Newton's Principia formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, which dominated scientists' view of the physical universe for the next three centuries.

2. Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc². He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory. Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of classical mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field.

1. Jesus Christ
Jesus, also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity, whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the Son of God. Christianity regards Jesus as the awaited Messiah of the Old Testament and refers to him as Jesus Christ, a name that is also used in non-Christian contexts. Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically, although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus. Most scholars agree that Jesus was a Jewish rabbi from Galilee who preached his message orally.

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Lazyreporta(m): 10:18pm On Aug 14, 2018
10. Plato

9. Alexander the Great

8. Charles Darwin


7. Galileo Galilei

Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Lazyreporta(m): 10:19pm On Aug 14, 2018
6. Muhammad

5. Aristotle

4. Leonardo da Vinci

3. Isaac Newton

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Lazyreporta(m): 10:19pm On Aug 14, 2018
2. Albert Einstein

1. Jesus Christ


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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by lordm(m): 10:28pm On Aug 14, 2018
Muslim's may not like this thread

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Albinoflash(m): 10:38pm On Aug 14, 2018
Zukerberg and larry page should be six and seven,while six eight or nine or even outta d listgrin

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by kunzyomi(m): 10:42pm On Aug 14, 2018
Where Tupac??

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by MicheyJ1: 10:45pm On Aug 14, 2018
kunzyomi:
Where Tupac??
Tupac ko shakara ni

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Lazyreporta(m): 10:51pm On Aug 14, 2018
why grin
lordm:
Muslim's may not like this thread
Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by chiommy123(f): 11:37pm On Aug 14, 2018
that list is not complete
Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by mattonnairaland: 6:41am On Aug 15, 2018
I know No. 1 very well. We spoke this morning.

Wow, me sef know persin grin

I don blow!!!!!!!


Like if you know Him too
Share if you spoke with Him this morning

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by MANNABBQGRILLS: 6:41am On Aug 15, 2018
What is Our Lord and Saviour ''JESUS CHRIST" doing on such list with his creations?!
Number one on the list created ALL on the list!

Na real wa!
Your opinion tho!

*singing* : You be GOD, you no be man........ o o o o. Sing till fade
Chukwukadibia!

JESUS IS LORD FOREVER AND EVER.

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by driand(m): 6:42am On Aug 15, 2018
MAXIMUM RESPECT MEGAS ALEXANDROS

Indeed the list is almost complete with those names,

One or two there not worthy tho...
Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Bossontop(m): 6:42am On Aug 15, 2018
grin cheesy grin cheesy
Im sure zombies and BMCs came in here rushing to see buhari's name, but.........

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Authoreety: 6:42am On Aug 15, 2018
Maximum respect!




My name nko... I cant find it there
lordm:
Muslim's may not like this thread
bro, even muslims know that Jesus is the name above every other name!

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by DavSagacity(m): 6:42am On Aug 15, 2018
For Eternity, JESUS will still be the number one.

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by dingbang(m): 6:43am On Aug 15, 2018
grin very soon this thread will be taken down by seun

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by DavSagacity(m): 6:43am On Aug 15, 2018
chiommy123:
that list is not complete
Na whom then omit.??.
Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Oceannaagent: 6:43am On Aug 15, 2018
Great men
We should be influential as well to out local community and places we find ourselves.
Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by IbokPatrick(m): 6:43am On Aug 15, 2018
Tupac Shakur.........

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by pawesome(m): 6:44am On Aug 15, 2018
My name is supposed to be there grin
Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by obaataaokpaewu: 6:44am On Aug 15, 2018
All these personal opinions on things shouldn't be moved to the front-page. Does it mean if another person comes up with his own list, it will be moved to the front-page too?

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Pavore9: 6:45am On Aug 15, 2018
They did define mankind.

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by Lagbaja01(m): 6:45am On Aug 15, 2018
List rejected..How could Isaac Newton be more influencial than Mohammed... that is ridiculous!!..you people sha finding all means to start a war undecided

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by sod09(m): 6:45am On Aug 15, 2018
Italians are highly intelligent just that our editorial sisters keep corrupting them

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by sheguy(m): 6:45am On Aug 15, 2018
I was not surprise seeing Jesus at the number one sport.. Meeeen dat guy is jst too popular.

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by excomarow(m): 6:45am On Aug 15, 2018
Buhari should be the 11th grin
Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by OboOlora(f): 6:46am On Aug 15, 2018
Where’s Buhari’s name?

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by fk001(m): 6:46am On Aug 15, 2018
Wait and see how religion fanatics will start comparison.

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Re: 10 Most Influential People Of All Time by emekejuniorp: 6:46am On Aug 15, 2018
this is amazing

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